CPS Energy said earlier this week that we’ll be paying about $4 a month more to heat our houses this winter, even though the cost of natural gas is expected to be less this season. That seems like a contraction that, OK, we didn’t really latch onto in our story on Wednesday about the higher […]
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</table "Tuna Goes to Port San Antonio" is not a Broadway musical sequel. It's really going to happen. Two hundred and fifty tons of canned tuna from Thailand and China will be shipped to Port San Antonio in December. The tuna then will be channeled to food distributors and grocery chains. Port officials declined to […]
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Are you worried about these tumultuous economic times? To quote performer Bobby Mcferrin “Don’t worry be happy.” On American Public Media’s Marketplace radio program this morning, I heard the commentators talking about how chaos can be good for the economy. They cited Orson Welles’ character, Harry Lime in the 1949 movie The Third Man. He […]
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San Antonio-based DPT Laboratories will be honored tonight at the Westin Riverwalk Hotel by worldwide consulting firm Frost & Sullivan for its innovation in health care. The 2008 North American Pharmaceutical Contract Research and Manufacturing Services Healthcare Innovation Award recognizes San Antonio-based DPT for its practices in marketing and manufacturing of therapeutic lotions and ointments […]
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San Antonio native Alfred V. Almanza was promoted in June to the position of Administrator for the Food Safety and Inspection Service for the United States Department of Agriculture. The agency inspects domestically produced and imported meat, poultry and egg products. Before the appointment, Almanza worked as the Dallas District Manager for the FSIS. He […]
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USAA has granted a $60 million, five-year contract to Bowne and Co. Inc. to handle certain printings and mailings to communicate with its 6.7 million members. The work was done in-house, but the San Antonio-based financial services company had been looking for some time at better ways to handle the process. About 70 workers at […]
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</table In a step toward processing air freight, Port San Antonio has signed Robert F. Barnes Customs Brokers to a small-office lease near the industrial park’s two-mile runway. The port hopes to begin handling air freight at its new 90,000-square-foot air cargo terminal in early 2009. The terminal can handle four wide-body aircraft at once. […]
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We may may have $4.99 enchilada plates instead of $20 buffets, and we may not pump pure oxygen into the Riverwalk. But San Antonio isn’t far behind Las Vegas when it comes to being a drive destination. The Alamo City ranks third on the list of destination cities for motorists, according to a new ranking […]
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Tomorrow starting at 7:45 a.m., execs, volunteers and employees of Valero Energy Corp. will host another “stuff the truck” event as part of a food drive to replenish supplies at the San Antonio Food Bank. Goods have been drawn down at the Food Bank following Hurricanes Gustav and Ike, so Valero folks will fill two […]
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San Antonio-based Sunrise Solar Corp. has added banking executive James T. Kesaris to its board of directors. Kesaris, most recently senior vice president and chief financial officer at USE Credit Union in San Diego, will design Solar’s internal financial control procedures and set up its audit and compensation committees, the company said. — Sanford Nowlin
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